MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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